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Sweet picture. Little bird wasn't frightened by Bernie, or the crowd noise, and looked right at him. Bernie smiled at the little bird. The first time I'd seen him smile. A lovely moment and sweet picture.

These neo-Nazi types seem to revel in their own stupidity. For guys like Johnson, to say something profoundly ignorant and just plain WRONG is a sign of belonging to the fellow travellers in their particular political discourse.

Been a long time, hope you are well. As you know, I retired from blogging to deal with family issues at the time. I'm doing well, my daughter too, my son, not so much. Say a prayer for him, he needs it.

I am still an avid reader of politics and current events, and have been a big time Bernie supporter since November. If he's elected President, he will write an Executive Order to kick marijuana laws off the federal books. Hillary won't b/c it would cut into her profits by her big donors in Big Pharma, alcohol & tobacco, and the private prison complex.

It may be too late for my son to saved by eliminating that law which is trying to put him on the prison plantation, but it could spare tens of thousands of our young people from arrests and/or incarceration from victimless marijuana offenses. Hope you let your readers know that. Bernie's got many other plans to better our lives, like no fracking (which pollutes drinking water), to no "interventionist" policies to going after Wall Street greed and much more. Hope you let your readers know that too.

As for your column today. The sparrow is for US, all of us. And even though Bernie is Jewish, that moment reminded me of this song by Lauren Hill as a caption:

His Eye Is On The Sparrowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn3ZfpjfPBM

And I'll throw in this must-see link on Hillary. You and your readers would have to sign into YouTube b/c it has some graphic war photos. It's useful b/c it does not bode well for our future.

Prison isn't all that bad. I did a stint in Statesville a few years back. Food was good. Had cable and limited net. And all the cocks and balls. And butts. Mmmmmmm. I was in heaven. Prison motivated me to straight up and pick my self up by my boot straps.

i started my own website.

http://www.flirt4free.com/vod/models/163387/?language=en

My parents are so proud of me. They watch me on my site and they know how hard i work. I'm sure your son will come out a better man like i did.

I had a nice Easter dinner with family, and one of my relatives brought up Bernie's bird. Another one, who is old enough to be a living history book, hadn't seen that news story. The first relative showed her the clip from his iphone. Then she said quietly, almost to herself, "His eye is on the sparrow..."

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